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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1913' Patented June 30, 1914.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial No. 763,360.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ULYSSES GRANT CAVE, acitizen of the United States, resident of Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State of Kentucky, have made a certain new and usefulInvention in Autographic Registers; and I declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the sales register. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig.

l is a detail side view of the hollow casing with one side of the casingremoved. Fig. 5 a detail fragmentary section on the line 5--5, Fig. 1.Fig. (3 is a detail section on the line 6--6 Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of one of the platform plates.

The invention has relation to autographic registers, having for itsobject to provide an improved device of this character for use inregistering memorandums and sales in mercantile and other transactions,and the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations ofparts as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 1,designates a hollow frame or casing having a platform plate 2, and tworotary spindles 3 and 1, upon one of whichis placed the paper supply orfeed roll 5, and upon the other of which the paper upon which the recordis made is wound to constitute the record roll 6. p

The paper passes from the supply roll outwardly of the casing throughtransverse slot 7, at one end of the platform plate, traverses thisplate longitudinally, and the outer sheet of paper is at its other orrear end held down to the plate by means 8, consisting preferably of atransverse bar or strip struck upward from the end plate 8, of thecasing. After the record is made the outer paper sheet is torn off at astraight edge, preferably constituted by a separate part S). The innersheet of paper, upon which the record is made by an intermediate carbonsheet between the two paper sheets, passes into the casing again at therear. end thereof through transverse slot 10, passing then re verselyback under the platform plate to the record spindle upon which it iswound,

the record spindle being caused to turn with and in the oppositedirection to that of the supply spindle, preferably by means of thegearing connection 11.

The platform plate is ren'lovably connected with the casing, preferablyby means of angular inward turned lateral flanges 12, havingperforations 13, engaging transverse rods 14-, of the casing, saidcasing having one side 15 thereof, removable, the other side 16,carrying the transverse rods 1 1, and theside 15, having perforations1G, engaging the outer ends of said rods, so that after the side 15 isremoved endwise from engagement with the rods, the platform plate whichis held in place by the side 15, may he slid laterally from engagementwith said rods.

The transverse slot 7, is located between the forward end of theplatform plate and the end or corner plate 8, of the casing, the lowerpaper sheet passing around a guide rod located adjacent to said slot,and consisting preferably of one of the rods 1%; and the outer papersheet passing around a guide rod 18, separated from and located adjacentto the rod 14, the end plate 17. being located above or outside theplane of the platform plate, and the guide rods or anti-friction rollersthereupon being located partly above or outside the plane ofsaid plate,so that the two paper sheets may first pass around the guide rods andafterward both in superposed position pass, in a substantially straightmanner, through the transverse slot 7, and over the platform plate.

The guide rods will keep the paper sheets if separated from each otherto avoid contact and adherence until these sheets pass from the guiderods to the platform plate. And inasmuch as the guide rods oranti-friction rollers upon said rods have their outer surfaces locatedabove the outer surface of the platform plate, frictional adhesion ofthe paper sheets with the carbon sheet will also be avoided.

The carbon sheet is preferably coiled in a roll at one end and the rollplaced in a laterally-open lateral recess 19, of the easing, one .of thedownturned or inturned sides of the platforn'l plate serving to normallyclose the open. side of this recess, so that when the platform plate isremoved, the carbon roll may be placed in or removed from its recess.

The carbon sheet passes from its roll transversely over the platformplate between the inner and outer paper sheets and is at its other endpreferably held down by means of a rod or strip 20, pivoted at one endtothe frame 21, and acting to clamp the end of the carbon to the side ofthe casing at 22. ,Vhen this pivoted strip is turned to one side, thefree end of the carbon is disengaged from the clamp and the carbon roll,in position in the frame recess, may be unwound to provide anotherlength of carbon paper to take the place of the old carbon.

In order to provide against undue strain upon or against breaking thepaper sheets due to the different comparative sizes of the paper supplyroll and the record roll as the supply roll diminishes in size and therecord roll increases in size, means are provided consisting preferablyof a spring 22, carried by the pinion 11, said spring having frictionalengagement with the end 23, of the record spindle, to turn the recordspindle when the pinion is turned by the gear 2%, of the supply spindle,the frictional engagement serving to turn the record spindle as requiredat all times, but yielding under strain as the sizes of the two rollsvary.

It is preferred to use three superposed sheets of paper, wound upon thesupply spindle, the two outer sheet-s passing over two of the guide rods18, located usually beneath and guarded by the end plate 17, of thecasing, and all three sheets of paper taking an angular bend around theguide rods and from the guide rods passing in a subst antial'ly straightmanner through the transverse slot 7, and over the platform plate. Thiswill avoid unnecessary bends in the paper and consequent frictionalstrain thereupon. When the three sheets of paper are employed, thecarbon sheet will be carbonized upon both sides and will be locatedbetween the intermediate sheet and the lower or record sheet, the recordimpression be-- ing made in positive upon the lower sheet, and theimpression upon the intermediate sheet being made in negative.

Means are provided to preventlifting of the two outer paper sheets andthe insertion of a card between the intermediate paper sheet and thelower sheet which would prevent the carbon impression being made uponthe lower sheet and enable a false entry to be made without record ornotice thereof, this means resisting any backward movement of the middlesheet, and consisting preferably of pointed spring prongs 25, havingoutward projection through transverse slot 26, below the bar 8, of theend plate 8,

the outer paper sheets passing under the bar 8, 1n frictional contactwith said prongs,

which present in the direct-ion of the movement of the paper, so thatshould the paper sheets be moved reversely for the purpose stated, theprongs will engage and tear the paper, serving as a notice that thepaper has been tampered with.

The hollow casing is preferably of rectangular prismatic form andprovided with duplicate platformplates upon the four sides thereof, andwith duplicate record and paper supply spindles and duplicate end platesat the four corners. The other duplicate parts needed are also provided.

The hollow rectangular prismatic casing is rotatably mounted upon a base27, said base having at its forward end an extension 28, serving as ahand rest and support in making the notations upon the paper. Means areprovided to hold each platform plate constituting a side of the casingas it comes uppermost in line with the extension 28, in the rotation ofthe casing upon the base, said means consisting preferably of a pin 29,seated in the side of the base at 80, and having engagement in turn withlateral recesses 31, of the casing. hen the casing is to be rotated tobring another side and platform plate thereof uppermost, for entry of asale of a different class, the pin is pulled outwardly against thetension of its spring as, cess 31, comes in register with the pin, whichwill then have automatic engagement with the recess. Or when the casingis to be removed from theba-se, the pin is turned until a lateralextension 33, thereof, has stop engagement with the side of the base tohold the pin released. When the casing is replaced, the pin is turned torelease it from the stop engagement, the spring carrying the pin againinward 1nto engagement with said recess.

Means are provided to lock the casing to the base consisting preferablyof a pivoted plate 34, engaging over the pivot projection 25, of thecasing, and having a lock connection with the base at 36.

What I claim is:

1. An autographic register, comprising a hollow quadrangular casinghaving oppositely disposed upper and lower and forward and rear platformplates, 21. paper supply spindle and a record spindle located adjacentto each other at each of the four corners of said frame at each end ofand between the platform plates, and a separate driving connectionbetween each supply and record spindle.

2. An autographic register, comprising a hollow quadrangular casinghaving a side carrying transverse rods, oppositely disposed upper andlower and forward and rear platform plates having lateral flangesprovided with perforations removably engaging said rods, a paper supplyspindle and a record spindle located adjacent to each other at each ofthe four corners of said casing at each end of and between the platformplates and carried by said side of and the casing rotated until the nextrethe casing, a separate driving connection between each supply spindleand record spindle, the other side of said casing #having bearingperforations engaging the other ends of said rods and other ends of thesupply and record spindles.

An autographic register comprisinga hollow quadrangular casing having aside carrying transverse rods, oppositely disposed upper and lower andforward and rear platform plates having lateral flanges provided withperforations removably engaging said rods, a paper supply spindle and arecord spindle located adjacent to each other at each of the fourcorners of said casing at each end of and between the platform platesand carried by said side of the casing, a separate driving connectionbetween each supply spindle and record spindle, the other side of saidcasing having perforations engaging the other ends of said rods and theother ends of the supply and record spindles, a central pivotal shaftfor said casing, a supporting frame for said casing, and means upon saidframe for holding said casing in position with a platform plateuppermost, one side of said casing having an inner open-end lateralrecess for a carbon roll and the other side of said casing having meansto hold down the carbon sheet at this side.

4. An autographic register comprising a hollow quadrangular casinghaving a side carrying transverse rods and corner plates, oppositelydisposed upper and lower and forward and rear platform plates locatedbetween said corner plates and having lateral flanges provided withperforations removably engaging said rods, a paper supply spindle and arecord spindle located adjacent to each other at each of the fourcorners of said casing at each end of and between the platform platesand carried by said side of the casing, a separate driving connectionbetween each supply spindle and record spindle, the other side of saidcasing having bearing perforations engaging the other ends of said rodsand the other ends of the supply and record spindles.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

U. G. CAVE.

Gnonen M. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for flve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. O.

